Thursday, August 30, 2012
Chapter 6: Question 1
I believe that President Obama really does believe in equality and wants to give everyone that equality, yet he is torn on what to do because he wants to make everyone happy. President Obama does support civil unions and same-sex couples, yet does not believe they should get married? This logic is very inconsistent and doesn't make much sense. I understand where he is coming from, and he does just want to make everyone happy. He is acting as a mediator and is trying to find the right compromise to make both sides happy, but in this type of situation, I don't really think there is a way to make both sides happy. No matter what the decision is, one side or the other will dislike Obama's decision. In response to Nava and Dawidoff's thoughts, I believe that Obama would agree with it but at the same time argue against it. His ideas on the topic of same sex marriage are very muddled making it unclear what he truly believes in. Because of this unclarity, it poses the questions to the American public: Can we really stand behind someone who does not have a firm viewpoint on controversial topics?
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I strongly agree with your statement AvatarAang :). The fact that Obama is trying to please both sides of this topic makes his logic very inconsistent and indeed doesn't make a lot of sense. Being able to keep both sides happy is a difficult job for him especially in this topic and either way his decisions will make one side dislike him for it. Staying neutral with this topic is the only way to go for him if he wants both the heterosexual and homosexual being happy with him. In response to your question, I believe that we, as a nation, cannot really stand behind someone who does not have a firm viewpoint on these kinds of topics and as whole nation we must wisely choose someone who can have a solid stance on such topics.
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